Frank a



(No Model.)

P. A. FOX.

BUTTON.

No. 346,649. Patented Aug. S, 1885.

NITED STATES ATENT Fries.

FRANK A. FOX, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO HENRY R. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

' BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,649, dated August 3, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1', FRANK A. Fox, of the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Button, of which the following specification is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a metal cap which may be removably applied to a button, so that the butten may be Worn either with or without the cap.

The invention consists in the features of iml provement hereinafter more fully pointed ont.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a bottom View of the button and cap, showing the slide open. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the slide closed. Fig. 3 is a section on line a', Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the slide. Fig. 5 is a cross-section through a modification, and Fig. 6 a detail view of the slide used with such modification.

The letter a represents the bulged or cupshaped metallic cap of a button, adapted to be placed over the button proper or head, b. The rear of the cap 'a is partly closed by a semicircular bridge or plate, c, leaving onehalf or more of the cap open, so that through such opening the head may be introduced.

d is a preferably semicircular slide placed into cap a, andfree to be revolved, so as either to close said opening at the back of the cap, as shown in Fig. 2, or to leave the same unobstructed, as shown in Fig. 1. In thelatter Application filed May 12, 1886. Serial No. 201,943. (No model.)

case the slide is concealedl beneath plate c. Both the plate c and slide l are cut out at the center to form a circular opening between 3 5 them, Fig. 2, through which the threads which attach the button `to the garment are free to v pass.

In order to prevent the slide from dropping out of the cap, and at the same time for guid- 4o ing the motion of such slide, it is provided with a semicireular narrow band, e, that connects opposite ends of its straight side. A knot, f, facilitates the operation of the slide.

In use the slide is first opened, as in Fig. 1, 45 and then the button is introduced and the slide is closed, as in Fig. 2, when the cap will be properly secured in place. To remove the cap the slide is opened.

In the modiiication shown in Figs. 5 and 6 5o 

